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by Griffin Smalley | DOWNTOWN RVA, MUSIC, NIGHTLIFE, QUEER RVA

Feeling warmer today, not the weather, just the shows. Got a lot of calming stuff on the doc, but even the harsher stuff can be calming if you’re into all that. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I am your guy...

Anti-LGBTQ Hate Groups Spike As Trump Embraces Their Leaders

A report from Southern Poverty Law Center found anti-LGBTQ hate groups increased significantly in 2019, even as hate groups overall fell slightly. Anti-LGBTQ hate groups are rapidly growing across America, a result, the Southern Poverty Law Center says, of President...

Surviving Liberty

For some LGBTQ students at Lynchburg's Liberty University, life was tough even before coronavirus came to campus. Eli Germanotta had finished their meal at the Reber-Thomas Dining Hall and started to walk back to their dorm when they began to smell alcohol and spray...

Franklin Graham Is Behind NYC’s Central Park COVID-19 Field Hospital

Volunteers are asked to "support" Graham's anti-LGBTQ beliefs, while a New York state senator warns the organization not to discriminate. North Carolina’s infamous anti-LGBTQ activist, Franklin Graham, a religious extremist who is closely tied to President Donald...

How Central VA’s LGBTQ Community Is Responding To Coronavirus

Plans are changing. Alternate arrangements are being made. Around Richmond and central Virginia, LGBTQ organizations are adjusting to the restrictions required by coronavirus. Here's what you need to know. From the tediousness of sheltering in place to the terrifying...

The Tiger King Star You Didn’t Know Was Transgender

On International Transgender Day Of Visibility, it's the perfect time to clarify the true identity of a main character from the hottest new Netflix show this year, Tiger King. It's Transgender Day of Visibility, but at least one transgender person who has been in the...

Real ID Deadline Extended Until 2021 Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

This delay is good news in particular for LGBTQ people who might need to do some work to get their documentation in order, and are currently unable to leave the house in order to do so. The deadline for Real IDs has been extended until October 2021. The move was...

Our Attention May Be Elsewhere, But The Transphobes Never Sleep

In Idaho, two bills attempting to roll back civil rights for the state's transgender community are headed to the governor's desk. Advocates urge him to veto both, but with the news consumed by coronavirus, will their pleas be heard? There's no denying it: coronavirus...

Several Attendees Of Miami’s Winter Party Have Been Diagnosed With Coronavirus

In the weeks that followed Miami's Winter Party Festival, which ended on March 10, several attendees have tested positive for COVID-19. One of the deadliest things about coronavirus is that it has a long incubation period. A person can live symptom-free for up to two...

The Hearst Girls Bring An Inclusive Approach To Improv

By Allison Tovey

The all-female improv comedy team's monthly shows at Coalition Theater highlight LGBTQ voices and focus on the humor and absurdity within dramatic real-life situations. The Hearst Girls, an improvisational comedy team made up of Amber Hendrix, Kiersten Hoffman, and Casey Neeley, are making space for femme and non-binary comedians in Richmond....

Senate Advances Bill Allowing Transgender People to Change Birth Certificate Without Undergoing Surgery

By VCU CNS

Senator Jennifer Boysko has introduced her bill to modernize the gender-marker change process for Virginia's trans community before, but with Democrats in control of the General Assembly, it might actually become law this time. The Senate passed a bill earlier this week that would allow a person who changed their sex to have a new birth...

Katie Sowers Will Make History In The 2020 Super Bowl

By Marilyn Drew Necci

The offensive assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers will be the first woman to coach in a Super Bowl, and is also the NFL's only openly LGBTQ coach. Whether or not the San Francisco 49ers are able to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday, February 2, they'll still be making history. San Francisco offensive assistant...

Queer Eye for the Non-Binary Guinea Pig

By Ash Griffith

Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness has released a children's book about a non-binary guinea pig who is also a gymnastics prodigy. Can this story possibly be any more adorable? Jonathan Van Ness of Queer Eye and A Gay of Thrones fame continues his role in the world as a wholesome, encouraging presence who must be protected at all costs. Van Ness came...

Dirtwoman Hits The Festival Circuit

By RVA Staff

Before its upcoming run at Movieland Boulevard Square starting January 24, Jerry Williams, producer and director of Spider Mites Of Jesus: The Dirtwoman Documentary, took his film to seven different film festivals. Here's how it went. Here's a choice between two movies: One features three hot men with their shirts off and the other showcases a...

In Tennessee, A Fundamentalist Attorney Is Attempting To Undo Marriage Equality

By Marilyn Drew Necci

By sending letters demanding county clerks cease issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Tennessee attorney David Fowler is setting the stage for a lawsuit challenging marriage equality in Tennessee and beyond. Last week, Tennessee attorney David Fowler sent a letter to all 95 of Tennessee's county clerks demanding that they cease and...

The Amazon Trail: Tabloid Edition

By Lee Lynch

Bath Door Balks at Booting Hostage! Hostage Trapped for NINETY MINUTES! Suspect Subdued with Electrical Weapon A woman in a remote town in Oregon suffered a harrowing ninety minutes before her rescue by three brave public servants. The woman, who wishes to remain unnamed for “professional” reasons, reports pounding on the hollow core washroom...

Advocates Hope LGBTQ Protections Will Pass With New Leadership